1. |
Empty Streets
05:46
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[VERSE 1]
To hear whispered secrets at night
Wait till they all sleep
Its so peaceful when it's me and the streets
No face in the crowd, or the bustle of day
Still The lights shimmer brightly way off afar
So we'll have to run where they can't chase by car
Fear leads us all to creature comforts
Instead of joy - what we really seek
What we really seek
[CHORUS]
So stand up and know then, where you're going
'Cause it needs to be, so important that
You can't ever live without it
So fight to explain it, you're complaining
When you could be out the sowing plains
So just push yourself, and jump right off that cliff
What's the end hold? I don't know,
But I think I'll start this way
[VERSE 2]
Ten million suits so we'll all feel large
Now Threads loose use, like you're coffers aground
Don't bite the bit, Instead just let go
Don't live you're title just 'cause you're told
You see your purpose shining afar
True design so, why do we change our stars?
All life we're sold this ideal dream
But what's the use, when you're dead you can't dream
[CHORUS]
So stand up and know then, where you're going
'Cause it needs to be, so important that
You can't ever live without it
So fight to explain it, you're complaining
When you could be out the sowing plains
So just push yourself, and jump right off that cliff
What's the end hold? I don't know,
But I think I'll start this way
[BRIDGE]
When they're all asleep you'll feel it clear
Your heart beating so loud it cuts the air
And like first seeing that the world is large
Nerves race to their stations with the charge
So run, run until you can see it clear,
This place is full of the freshest atmosphere
So run, run until you can see it clear,
This place is full of the freshest atmosphere
What's the end hold? I don't know,
But I think I'll start this way
[CHORUS]
So stand up and know then, where you're going
'Cause it needs to be, so important that
You can't ever live without it
So fight to explain it, you're complaining
When you could be out the sowing plains
So just push yourself, and jump right off that cliff
What's the end hold? I don't know,
But I think I'll start this way
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2. |
5 Minutes
04:40
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[VERSE 1]
Been on this road a long time, I haven't seen a single,
Soul for a while now, so there's nothing to do
Nothing goes over my head, too tall I'd catch it right up
I'm too fast for all these men after me
[CHORUS]
I've got some places to see, this life is short no time to kill
I've got some cuts to earn still, no bruises haven't got my fill
[VERSE 2]
I swear I'll never sit down unless the Jack takes me
Too blacked to look behind now. I'm never free
Robbed clean the city bank and, Ms. Jean came a runnin'
Poor lady had to see what the cops did to me
[CHORUS]
I've got some places to see, this life is short no time to kill
I've got some cuts to earn still, no bruises haven't got my fill
[BRIDGE]
I never though that I'd be in this mess
Started out so clean, for my family I wanted best
But now there's no home, just a house burned to the ground
I guess I'll be the monster they had crowned
[CHORUS]
I've got some places to see, this life is short no time to kill
I've got some cuts to earn still, no bruises haven't got my fill
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3. |
Duet
04:35
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[VERSE 1]
Of all the tactful nixes and the shoulders so cold,
Still the the thought of fifty fifty, pumps my heart and the flow
Of my blood starts to force panic in my mind
[VERSE 2]
Despite the odds and probabilities of finding my tribe
There's fear in my bones creeping down my spine
So I light up a smoke to distract my feeble mind
[CHORUS 1]
Me, myself and I
One wing will not fly
This broken branch might leave you,
mangled on the ground
[VERSE 3]
A single lonely branch, I learned to hide in my mind
The blood is not in brothers but within whom I confide
But I wear my skin tight as I confess my heart
[VERSE 4]
Like a coagulant slows my blood nearly to a crawl
A neuron must have missed or didn't fire at all
So slowly I flounder, gasping right in front of you
[CHORUS 2]
I wear my skin tight,
As I scream from inside
Two shoes make walking better
'Cause there's far to go
[VERSE 5]
To learn a loving dialog, where two souls collide
To understand the gears that are turning inside
Until the counterfeit ticks in time with it all
[VERSE 6]
The prospect of it all is too great not to try
From hidden windows there's discreetly a sigh
Two strikes left and aiming for the sky
[CHORUS 1]
Me, myself and I
One wing will not fly
This broken branch might leave you,
mangled on the ground
[CHORUS 2]
I wear my skin tight,
As I scream from inside
Two shoes make walking better
'Cause there's far to go
[BRIDGE]
I'm so scared i'm shouting
I'm so scared i'm shouting
And I'm so scared I'm shouting!
I'm so scared I'm shouting!
CHORUS 1]
Me, myself and I
One wing will not fly
This broken branch might leave you,
mangled on the ground
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4. |
Strokes on Canvas
04:47
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[VERSE 1]
I don't know how to show you the world in my head
The thoughts bleed out, paint colors unsaid
As if the strings open locks that were key-less,
The music speaks color, strokes on canvas pieces
[CHORUS]
Where am I supposed to go from here X4
[VERSE 2]
My mouth speaks but heart cannot speak over it
Painted stories leak through the floor
How heavy my heart with words to share
Where I can speak to you much more
[CHORUS]
Where am I supposed to go from here X4
[BRIDGE]
Come on my words do not leave me now
Bleed those words you've sung, bleed those words you've sung X4
[CHORUS]
Where am I supposed to go from here X4
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5. |
Zephyr
05:36
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Another year, I've grown older
But I tell you I'm not afraid to die
The only pain I'll feel is leaving you
But I'm waiting to fight this gravity and rise off this ground
And these 50 years, they have come so quick
Being older, I have no regrets
And I pray that, you'll have peace when I leave
Hush now darling,
you know you're still the most beautiful girl around
So give me this day, one more day with them
I did my best, to lead them right and true
Cause this old ground can be a battlefield
I've lived this old life, for You
We'll live for You, we'll live for You
We'll live for You, We'll live for You
We'll live for You, We'll live for You
We'll live for you, We'll live for you
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